Hi Ron,
I agree with going for the cheaper fuel choice
but I hope none of us are willing to pay extra
for a higher cetane rating thinking they are
getting a "better" fuel for the lil' diesel
engine. At the speeds we operate our engines the
minimum cetane rated fuels (>42) are just fine.
Do spend a few bucks on a quality additive
though. Since they reduced sulphur content of
diesel our old fuel delivery systems can suffer.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 02:36 PM 11/03/2013, you wrote:
All, I sat through a workshop form the Yanmar
guru on diesel engines some time ago in Newport
RI. He claimed that the truck stop diesel had
a higher Cetane rating than the then marine
diesel and recommended that we use the
Truckers fuel It was more rigorously
regulated than marine diesel at the time
both
were supposed to catch up at some point, but I
still go to the local truck stop for my
diesel
its significantly cheaper as well
Ron C.
C&C 38MKIIC
.77 repowered with Yanmar Ygm30 Sail dirve
Impromptu
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[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Martin DeYoung
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Engine Control Panels
Ø cheaper because it is not subject to the
fuel tax - hence the red dye. <
Back in the mid 90s I delivered a Bendytoy 42
to San Diego. The wind was light from Cape
Flattery to Crescent City California. We
stopped in Crescent City to re-fuel. The fuel
dock only had un-taxed (red dye) fuel and at
that time the St. of Calif. required you to have
a commercial boat to use dyed/un-taxed fuel.
We had to flip a $20 to a local fisherman to
drive several round trips to a gas station that
sold diesel. We filled the boats fuel tank and
the spare jerry cans with enough fuel to make it
half way to San Diego if the wind stayed
light. Fortunately the wind soon returned to
West Coast, late summer normal and we had a good
sail for much of that leg arriving at San Diego
with several hours of fuel left.
Martin
Calypso
1970 C&C 43
Seattle
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[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:48 AM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Engine Control Panels
Marine diesel should be cheaper because it is
not subject to the fuel tax - hence the red
dye. Of course, the word "Marine" has its own tax.
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
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